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Castleton, Indiana in Transition

1982-1983

4 interviews



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This project is comprised of interviews centered around the transformation of Castleton, Indiana from a small farm town to a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Interviewees

Herr, Ben; Herr, Catherine

McConnell, Howard; McConnell, Minervia J.

Urbain, Ralph F.

Woods, Leila


Interviewee: Herr, Ben; Herr, Catherine
Call number: 83-002
Date(s) of Interview: October 7, 1983
Physical Description: not transcribed; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 55 minutes
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Kennedy, Shawna

Ben Herr, born in 1909 and Catherine Herr, born in 1914, tell about transformation of Castleton, Indiana from a farm town to a suburb in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

Keywords

Occupation Names

nurse

sales

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Interviewee: McConnell, Howard; McConnell, Minervia J.
Call number: 83-013
Date(s) of Interview: November 15, 1983
Physical Description: not transcribed; 1 audio cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 50 minutes
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Kennedy, Shawna

Howard and Minervia J. McConnell discuss the development of Castleton, Indiana into a suburb of the Indianapolis metropolitan area in this interview.


Interviewee: Urbain, Ralph F.
Call number: 83-014
Date(s) of Interview: November 1, 1982
Physical Description: not transcribed; 2 audio cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 71 minutes
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Kennedy, Shawna

Ralph F. Urbain, born in 1905, talks about the transformation of Castleton, Indiana from a small rural town to a suburb of the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

Keywords

Occupation Names

math researcher

physics research

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Interviewee: Woods, Leila
Call number: 83-003
Date(s) of Interview: October 11, 1982
Physical Description: not transcribed;1 audio cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Kennedy, Shawna

In this interview, Leila Woods describes her perspective on the transformation of Castleton, Indiana from a small farm town to a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.